S127/227886 Maerewhenua (Eocene of New Zealand)
Where: New Zealand (44.9° S, 170.6° E: paleocoordinates 52.4° S, 167.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Bortonian (42.6 - 39.1 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: D. F. Squires. 1958. The Cretaceous and Tertiary corals of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 29:1-107 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 89075: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.05.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa | |
Madracis dodecachora n. sp.
Madracis dodecachora n. sp. Squires 1958 stony coral | |
Oculina oamaruensis Park 1917 stony coral |